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J. A. FULLER.

Fire Kindler.

Patented Nov 2, 1869.

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Letters Patent N 96,532, dated November 2, 1869.

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To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, Jonn A; FULLER, of thetown of R-ockfin'd, in the county of Winnebago, and in the State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and uset'nl hnprorcnicnts in aFire-Kindlcr; and do hereby declare that. the tbllowing is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, rclbrence being bad to theaccompanyirg drawings, and to the lcttcrs of reference marked tlu-reou,making a part of this specification.

Th nature of my invention consists in the con struction and generalarrangement of a. firekindler, as will be hereinafter i'nlly sci;tin-th.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertaius, to make and use the same, I will now procced'to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring-to t-hc a-nncxcd drawings, inwhich' Figure 1 is a plan view. and

Figure 2, a. longitudinal vertical section of my invention.

A rcprcsents a roundcup, of any suitable dimensions, having a concavebot-tom and convex top, and. the top provided with a round opening, ofany desired size, in theccutre.

In this opening is a circumferential flange, a, and a. rim, b, whichlatter extends"upward, as seen in Hg. 2.

- The entire cup A is castin one piece, with a projecting socket, B, inwhich the handle 0 is inserted.

In the centre of the bot om of the cupA is a tapering standard, 1),which projects upward, its upper end being on a level with the flange a.

On the flange a, is placed a circular wire sieve, e, and on top thereofis laid the perfiirated cover (I, the sieve and cover being secured tothe standard D by means of a screw, 1', passing through the centre ofthem into said standard. I

The cup A is to be filled with sand, or other suitable substance of aporous nature, and saturated with benzolo, when the kindler is ready foruse.

The sieve e prevents the sand or other material used, fi'om dropping.out through the peribmtions in the cover ll. 7

Having: thus fully described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The cup A, cast, as described, in one piece, with the socket- B, andprovided with flange a, lim 7), and standard D, all substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the cup A, constructed as herein described, thewire sieve e and pcitbrated cover d, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth. 4

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing,'I havehereunto set my hand,this 14th day of October, 1869.-

JOHN A. FULLER.

Witnesses; J soon BEHEL, C. F. MILLER.

